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Dutch design firm MVRDV has won a competition to renovate and expand the historic Palais du Commerce in Rennes, France. The impressive 19th century palace had once served multiple public functions but now suffers from disconnect...

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I have temporarily put on the Internet a scanned copy of the decision of the Upper Tribunal to refuse my appeal in regard to my request to the University of Cambridge. I have also posted...

Transparency campaigners call for details of long-delayed deal with French firm to be published after dispute over royaltiesNews that the French nuclear company Areva has finally signed a new operating contract with the Niger...

Mother Nature doesn’t give her information for free. Her minions cloud their enemies’ judgement with devilish deception, and make plain the truth for their friends. Birds flock and fish school, predators are confused,...

UK government adviser John Large says Chinese firms are rooted in state system without independent safety regulatorsOne of Britain's leading nuclear engineering consultants has raised serious concerns about the safety implications...

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects won the international design competition to design the permanent ICC complex back in 2010. They have since been working with the organization, The Hague and the surrounding communities to...

The successes and failures of other oil producing countries show that technical expertise can take you only so far. Good legislation can be rapidly undermined by bad governanceAs fresh column inches are written about Uganda's...

Readers may recall that UVa has spent north of a half million dollars to fight Freedom of Information requests surrounding Dr. Mann and the infamous hockey stick science. News Release University Communications/Media Relations...

Read the rest of San Francisco’s Sightglass Coffee Shows Off Every Angle of the Roasting Business Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 3rd wave coffee, aia, Architecture and the City 2012, Boor...